Garment loop attachment



June 1, 1937. G. A. c. BAXTER 2,032,433

GARMENT LOOP ATTACHMENT Original Filed March 24, 19:54

A TTORNE Y5 Patented June 1, 1937 UNITED STATES acszgi GARMENT LOOP ATTACHMENT Gertrude A. C. Baxter, East Orange, N. J.

Application March 24, 1934, Serial No. 717,235 Renewed August 6, 1936 3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to guide loops for maintaining the position of the shoulder straps attached and designed to hold women's undergarments, such as brassires, slips, chemises,

shirts and the like. More specifically, the invention relates to an attachment depending from the undersurface of the seam of a garment whereby a fixed guide is afiorded for the aforementioned straps to insure against their displacement olT the shoulders of the wearer.

The main object of the invention is provision of structure whereby an attachment is detachably pinned to the material of the undersurface of the seam on the shoulder of a garment, said attachment having a depending tab adapted to be opened and closed for the formation of a loop, the said loop serving as a guide for the shoulder straps of the undergarments.

Another object of the invention is provision of structure whereby a loop guide is provided for the shoulder straps of undergarments, said loop guide giving such straps freedom of play and freedom of displacement at the will of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is provision of structure, simple to operate and economical to manufacture, which does not penetrate and which cannot be detected through the outer surface of the garment wherever attached.

These objects and other incidental ends and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the progress of the disclosure.

The drawing attached hereto shows a preferred embodiment of the invention wherein corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 of the said drawing is a front elevational view of a womans garment showing the device of the invention attached to the undersurface of a shoulder seam.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional View of Figure 1 along the line 2-2 thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the embodiment of the invention showing the parts thereof in relative and pre-attached position.

In accordance with the invention and in accordance with the accompanying drawing, numerals H], II and Ila represent generally the neck, shoulder and arm portions of the wearer 5 of any garment to which the device is attached.

The garment to which the invented device is attached is represented in its parts by numeral l2 as the shoulder portion, numeral 13 as the. sleeve portion, numeral M as the neck portion and numeral l5 as the body portion.

An undergarment on the wearer, the body of which is designated l1, said I? representing a slip or chemise or the like, is maintained or supported in position by the set of shoulder straps l8 passing around the shoulders of the wearer. 5 l6 represents the ordinary and usual seam connecting the arm portion of a garment to the body portion and to the undersurface of which the embodiment of the invention herein is attached at the upper shoulder portion. 10

The attachment of course may be attached to any seam at the shoulder of the garment and on the undersurface thereof but as shown, is attached to seam l 6' of the. drawing.

l9 shows a portion of the garment cloth ad- 15 jacent one side of shoulder seam 23, while 2!] is the underportion and superfluous part of cloth l9. 2| and 22 oppositely adjacent to seam 23 represent the corresponding parts of I!) and 20. 20

The embodiment of the invention proper is now to be described.

Numeral 25 designates a tape portion or ribbon which is provided adjacent the terminal portions thereof with fastening means such that 25 a loop is formed when said fastening means are in articulated position. The fastening means comprise preferably the elements of a snap fastener, element 28 being the male portion thereof, while element 21 is the corresponding 30 female portion.

Numeral 24 represents a sleeve, preferably metallic, frictionally engaging the intermediate portion of tape or ribbon 25 and having on the upper surface thereof a lumen for the. penetration 35 of safety pin 26 therethrough. As is shown in Figure 1, safety pin 26 is attached to the undersurface of seam 23, to wit, through the materials 20 and 22 of the garment cloth. 'I'hereupon the free ends of tape 25 are brought below and under 40 the shoulder straps of the 'undergarment and fastened together to form the loop hereinbefore mentioned. Such loop assures the maintenance of position of the shoulder straps of the underr garments so long as the seam of the main garment rests above the arm portion of the wearer.

There are no stiffening elements employed for the eifectuation of such object nor are any unsightly expedients employed.

In the removal of the overgarment the hand is merely inserted through the upper shoulder por-- tion to detach the loop formed for the straps by unfastening the snap fastener heretofore described. When the garment is to be washed, 55

safety pin 26 is merely opened and detached from the seam portion of the garment.

I wish it understood that minor changes and variations in the combination of parts, relative 5 position of parts, integration of parts and material of the several parts may all be resortedto without departing from the spirit of the invention and without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

7 10 I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a fabric-unit, a sleeve frictionally engaging and surrounding said fabric-unit, a safety pin secured to the outer face of said sur- 15 rounding sleeve, and fastening means near the ends of said fabric-unit.

2. In a device of the class described, the com- ":strip between its fastening means, and a safety 'pin mountedon said sleeve at the middle of and extending longitudinally of said strip.

GERTRUDE A. C. BAXTER. 

